The Bombay High Court (HC) on Monday said the recruitment process for public posts must be transparent, and the marks obtained by candidates were not private information. According to news agency PTI, the court also ruled that the disclosure of marks would not amount to any unwarranted invasion of privacy.

A division bench of Justices MS Sonak and Jitendra Jain said withholding such information allows doubts to linger, which is not healthy in promoting transparency and accountability in the working of public authorities and recruitment processes.